Background: Globally, cervical cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women and 7th
most common cancer overall. Cervical cancer is highly preventable with screening. Previous …

Objective Cervical cancer accounts for the highest mortality rate from cancer in women
worldwide. Despite widespread availability of cervical cancer screening programs in …

Background Disparities in cervical cancer screening are known to exist in Ontario, Canada
for foreign-born women. The relative importance of various barriers to screening may vary …

Objective Previous studies highlighting inequities in cancer screening between immigrants
and non-immigrants have been methodologically limited. This longitudinal matched cohort …

OBJECTIVES: We compared the prevalence of appropriate cervical cancer screening
among screening-eligible immigrant women from major geographic regions of the world and …

Objective: Women who are immigrants or socioeconomically disadvantaged have been
found to have significantly lower cervical cancer screening rates than their peers in Toronto …

Importance Immigrant women have lower participation in cervical cancer screening (CCS)
programs. At the same time, some groups of immigrants have higher prevalence of cervical …

Cervical cancer screening is a vital public health measure intended to reduce the morbidity
and mortality from what is a largely preventable cancer. Previous Canadian studies have …

Background: Immigrant women are less likely to be screened for cervical cancer in Ontario.
Religion may play a role for some women. In this population-based retrospective cohort …

Background: Globally, 530,000 women per year are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and
approximately 275,000 die from the disease. Routine cervical cancer screening may reduce …